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Underwood Has a New Plan and Initiative to Use Hemp to Bring Back Jobs in Rural and Urban Colorado

Underwood Has a New Plan and Initiative to Use Hemp to Bring Back Jobs in Rural and Urban Colorado

Colorado Rural Urban Agricultural Hemp Manufacturing Initiative

I am pleased to announce my plan and statewide initiative
that will bring good paying agricultural and manufacturing jobs back to
rural and urban Colorado. As I travel around the State from Greely to Pueblo,
and to other less populated cities in Colorado, the one question that keeps
popping up; how do I propose to bring back jobs to rural Colorado?

I have an
answer and plan for our State called CRUAHMI [Pronounced “Crew –Ah – Mi”],
Colorado Rural Urban Agricultural Hemp Manufacturing Initiative. My plan will
not only help the environment, but will to help usher in a new cash crop for the manufacturing and agriculture
industry. Colorado has a chance to create a global hemp industry right here in
our beloved State.

Since the legalization of marijuana, it is now time to
let our farmers and entrepreneurs partner on an agricultural and
manufacturing initiative that will produce products from hemp. Hemp breaths in 4x the carbon dioxide (CO2) of
trees during its 12-14 week growing cycle. Trees take 20 years to
mature vs 4 months for Industrial Hemp. Forests are being cut down 3x
faster than they can grow. Colorado can become a leader in the Hemp industry
through growth and exports of goods around the globe. My plan will help
farmers to obtain financing through private and public partnerships in
designated rural areas around Colorado.

The plan also includes farmers and entrepreneurial
manufacturers to partner up. The farmers will supply the hemp, and the
manufacturers will produce; clothing, shoes, paper, and other hemp made items
through the farmer/manufacture partnership. In order for manufacturers to get
tax and abatement incentives from the state, including help of financing
through public and private partnerships, the manufacturing facilities of Hemp
made products must be located in designated rural counties and urban cities hit hard by job loss opportunities. This initiative will help hard
working families to have more job opportunities in counties where the
opportunities are less. It will also help to spark an entrepreneurial revolution
here in our State, which will rival the technology industry.